Action 54: Third Draft

Statement of Purpose

"Work with SteveF to draft text for HTML 5 spec to require producers/authors to include @alt on img elements, assigned to Gregory Rosmaita".

The purpose of Action 54 is to comply with PF's official finding regarding "Omitting alt Attribute for Critical Content". The conclusion states, "...the failure of the HTML5 draft to make @alt on <img> an across-the-board requirement (even if sometimes it has the value of "") is a bug."

If there are use cases that are not addressed in their specs and documents, bring that up with WAI. Accessibility is WAI's domain. AUWG, UAWG, WCAGWG etc are chartered to set accessibility guidelines and HTML WG is not.